Claudius Lysias

Claudius Lysias was a Roman tribune who commanded the garrison of Jerusalem during the mid-1st century AD.

Biography
Claudius Lysias was a Roman Army tribune who commanded the 600-strong garrison of Jerusalem as chiliarch during the mid-1st century AD. In 57 AD, he saved Paul the Apostle from a hostile Jewish mob outside of the grounds of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, but he had him arrested and planned to interrogate him about why the crowd wanted to kill him. Paul revealed that he was a Roman citizen by birth, unlike Lysias (who had to buy citizenship), which meant that Paul could not be placed in chains. Lysias had Paul transferred to Procurator Antonius Felix for trial, having 200 soldiers, 70 horsemen, and 200 spearmen accompany him to Caesarea Maritima.